Daily News April 24, 2012

Vodafone Agrees to Buy Cable & Wireless for $1.7 Billion
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-23/vodafone-agrees-to-buy-cable-wireless-for-1-7-billion.html

China Mobile Drops After Profit Misses Analyst Estimates
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-23/china-mobile-drops-after-profit-misses-analyst-estimates.html

India's TRAI mandates per-second plans
http://www.telecomasia.net/content/indias-trai-mandates-second-plans

Nokia loses IPCom patent case in German court
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/20/us-nokia-court-idUSBRE83J0M420120420

Facebook pays Microsoft $550 million for AOL patents

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/23/net-us-microsoft-facebook-idUSBRE83M10C20120423

Huawei Reports FY11 Revenue of CNY 203.9 Billion, R&D Investment of CNY 23.7
Billion and Embarks on Business Transformation
http://www.huawei.com/ilink/en/about-huawei/newsroom/press-release/HW_131149

Apple announces 500 new jobs in Ireland
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/20/us-apple-ireland-idUSBRE83J0PI20120420

China's ZTE aims to reverse handset profit margin decline
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/23/us-zte-idUSBRE83M03A20120423

Sistema to take $1-bn write-down on India
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sistema-to-take-1-bn-write-downindia/472144/

Microsoft releases Skype 1.0 for Windows Phone
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57418586-94/microsoft-releases-skype-1.0-for-windows-phone/

Now in Marketplace: Skype 1.0
http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/archive/2012/04/22/now-in-marketplace-skype-1-0.aspx

Nokia officially starts the development of its manufacturing facility in Vietnam

http://press.nokia.com/2012/04/23/nokia-officially-starts-the-development-of-its-manufacturing-facility-in-vietnam/

Mozilla smartphone to go on sale in 'late 2012'
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17784585

Motorola CEO pay package rose to $47 million in 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/21/net-us-motorolamobility-ceopay-idUSBRE83J1HE20120421

STC Q1 profit rises 60pc to $672m
http://www.tradearabia.com/news/IT_216188.html

LG LAUNCHES SECOND-GENERATION 3D SMARTPHONE IN EUROPE

http://www.newswire.co.kr/newsRead.php?no=618968